Hello all, welcome to the discussion thread for my low tier (3-4) table of Strike at Zone 78!
We'll be starting in earnest on Friday, but please check in here with the following info:
Player Name/Alias (for Chronicle):
Character Name:
Org Play and Character Number:
Faction:
Race, Class and Levels:
Day Job Roll:
Player Name/Alias (for Chronicle): Farol
Character Name: Vecro
Org Play and Character Number: 2359780-702
Faction: Wayfinders
Race, Class and Levels: Kasatha, Solarian 4
Day Job Roll: Solarian can't afford to have a day job ;)
I decided to go with Solarian, as If I understand it right we will have:
2 Envoys, 2 Mechanics, and a Technomancer.
I need to update Vecro from lvl 3->4 but I should be done with it today
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Player Name/Alias (for Chronicle): Jones228
Character Name: Kat5e
Org Play and Character Number: 2362267-701
Faction: Aquisitives
Race, Class and Levels: Android Excocortex Mechanic 3
Day Job Roll:
My character sheet and details are all in my profile. It should be up to date but I will confirm before we get started. Thanks for running! Looking forward to starting.
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Instead of Seven of Eleven, I will use this one, an Operative (I will update to 3rd level), since we have a Android Excocortex Mechanic 3.
Player Name/Alias (for Chronicle): Buckshot Bob
Character Name: Deloran Starrunner
Org Play and Character Number:38898-701
Faction: Wayfinders
Race, Class and Levels: Operative / 3
Day Job Roll:
No particular boons called out.
Also while there is no starship combat in this one, s you will be in a vehicle for a section of it, if you have any Starship boons that affect no starship vehicles (I know of at least one, 1-28's) that may be good to slot.
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i'm all for helping out because that is what adventurers do, but... just sayin... this is pretty suspicious. Why would we want to fix this leak when honestly this planet/colony probably should be blacklisted if they are dealing in shady stuff. Sometimes government (in this case the pact worlds) has good reasons for not trusting everyone!
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Did you skip this bit, or you think Therseis is lying?
The anomalies are not the result of military testing. Therseis clarifies. Instead the military has set up the Zone specifically to monitor, study, and potentially contain, the abnormalties within. Other citizens and travelers are diverted around and away from the Zone for their own safety...
Based on what happened on the previous scenario set on this planet, this is probably just a result of...
Though it might turn into a government plot or something. But, for now, he has the trust of a faction leader, and such NPCs shouldn't be fooled so easily.
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Anyway, just roll a Sense Motive and see if Therseis is full of it or not.
My character can't see how any of it would be worse than what goes on in Akiton, Eox, Aucturn or Apostae.
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I hear you Mustachio for me the whole reasoning of: We don't want Pact World to know is a bit thin. Planets may have anomalies, it sounds like a reasonably normal thing. It also seems a bit odd as my understanding is that Pact World is an organization of planets with common interests based on trade and protection agreements. Internal planet anomalies should not have an impact on the decision if one can be a member. But what do I know about politics... I am a boxing promoter :P
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Finally got around to slotting my boons. Only one is relevant. GM, could you bump up my profession roll by 5?
Budding Media Celebrity (Social Boon): Following your stint on Live Exploration Extreme!, your face and name appear in images, videos, and memes across media platforms. This recognition only lasts a few days before the next major media phenomenon arises, but you can use this to launch your media career. If you have the icon theme (that's me!), you gain a +5 Profession check when performing a Day Job check.
Oh, I have made many a far dumber/odd post trying to get something out before work/heading out for the night :)
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THanks for the game! For my chronicles, please give me a 30 on my profession roll because I slotted this boon.
Budding Media Celebrity (Social Boon): Following your stint on Live Exploration Extreme!, your face and name appear in images, videos, and memes across media platforms. This recognition only lasts a few days before the next major media phenomenon arises, but you can use this to launch your media career. If you have the icon theme (that's me!), you gain a +5 Profession check when performing a Day Job check. If you do not have the icon theme, when you slot this boon, you can gain the icon's celebrity ability in place of your own theme's 6th level ability.
I had forgotten that Mustachio; luckily just a quick tweak to the sheet!
Chronicles should be up HERE. If there's any errors on them, let me know and I'll be glad to correct them.
I'm going to be reporting this game tomorrow (one more day to flag any SFS# errors. I hope you enjoyed the game - I certainly had a good time running it for you - and am sure I'll see you around the boards again in the future!
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@GM the chronicle looks good. It is downaloded
Thank you for running this game. I enjoyed it a lot, I feel like this scenario was a bit odd, meaning that the rebel group hinted about some problems. And them saying go and see beacon for yourself, but we found nothing odd there. It could be that this story is the beginning of a longer plot but currently, I don't know what to think of it.
Either way, I liked playing with you. @Gm thanks for running this game, you did great! @Team I liked the interactions and lack of trust towards the rebels.
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It is a bit of an abrupt resolution I find as well. I believe they're trying to set up more nuanced conflict/situation with Tabrid Minor then just 'A group bad/corrupt, B group opposing them should be helped'. but IMO this scenario doesn't quite give enough background to fully flesh it out.
The Fallen Hand (as presented/described in this scenario, and a bit in Near Space) is definitely on the extreme other end of the spectrum. Their demands for total isolation for Tabrid Minor until that got their own %$^& together is a tall order. My take on them as to how they justify it is that they firmly believe the current gov't/military know exactly how bad it is, and are now just stalling to save themselves. That they have known for a while (with the long-existing monitoring of Zone 78 and others) and are now just putting all resources/chips into getting a place in the stars so that they can leave Tabird Minor when it is uninhabitable. How much of that is an accurate take on the situation is unclear and a bit up to interpretation: neither the government here nor the Fallen Hand are exactly open and helpful. And there's arguments to be made for either side (at least based on the info given from Paizo so far).
Take the beacon: it has been recording and monitoring the Zone for some time, and those readings are used to steer the general population away from Zone 78. Whether that is a case of a government trying to protect its citizens from heading into danger, or a case of a government covering up the danger could be seen either way depending on the framing.
There's also the matter that while the 'hat' of this planet is certainly not exactly hiding its attempt at some real-world parallels, its tricky to draw a 1-to-1 comparison in a universe where there's also magic and already exists multiple inter-system governments who could potentially aid. Even if the government was explicitly "BAD NEWS", the sheer amount of resources, aid, and genuine world-altering terraforming tech and spellcraft that outside groups could bring in seems to be tilting the scales towards helping even if you don't like who you're working through
Still, I tried to bring out as much nuance as I could, and hoped you enjoyed it nonetheless!
If there are future adventures on Tabrid Minor, none are announced yet (though this one just came out a couple of months ago.) In fact, a reporting condition for me to mark is if the party thinks the Society should cease their missions on the planet or not.
As for boons, currently NO season 3 adventures have boons on their chronicles. Some may be added retroactively later for download as (in my understanding) the SFS is planning on moving to an ACP-esque system for Starfinder next year ala PFS2. I think they’re also planning on just having previously relevant chronicle sheets just called out instead of needing a boon link